President Of Nat'l Lawyers Guild - IDENTIFIES - Bush & Cheney's War Crimes

[kpete]

Have Bush and Cheney Committed War Crimes?
Submitted by davidswanson on Mon, 2006-10-30 05:38. Evidence
By Michael O'McCarthy

On October 20, Professor Marjorie Cohn became president of the National Lawyers Guild. In an interview with me Sunday, the new president of the NLG identified several instances in which she says President Bush has violated U.S. and international law. Here they are:

1) Bush illegally invaded a sovereign nation under false pretenses and then put laws in place to immunize himself and his high officials from war crimes prosecutions. Even before Bush removed his hand from the Bible Laura held as Chief Justice William Rehnquist swore him in as President, Bush was planning to attack Iraq and change its regime.

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3) Under the guise of fighting the terrorists, but undoubtedly aimed at those who criticize his policies, Bush inaugurated a secret program of warrantless spying on Americans that violates the Fourth Amendment and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

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5) Bush illegally suspended the Geneva Conventions, ordered the summary execution of those he suspected of terrorist connections, and put policies in place that resulted in torture and inhuman treatment of prisoners in Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantánamo and the CIA's "black sites."

6) Bush pushed the Military Commissions Act through Congress that unconstitutionally destroys habeas corpus rights for non-US citizens and waters down our obligations under the Geneva Conventions. It also allows Bush to classify both US and non-US citizens as "unlawful enemy combatants" and lock them up indefinitely.

more crimes at:
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/15031

[NNN0LHI]

1. People were hanged for less at the Nuremberg Trials n/t

[Katzenjammer]

37. But that was them. Our politicians are immune (nt)

[malaise]

2. K& R

for locking up war criminals

[bonito]

3. K&R n/t

[elehhhhna]

4. k&r, for the US Constitution

[Poiuyt]

5. I agree with what she said, but I think her rhetoric is a little over the top

I doubt if the phrase, "Under the guise of fighting the terrorists, but undoubtedly aimed at those who criticize his policies," would stand up in court.

[Homer Wells]

6. Those charges would undoubtedly stand up

in a court which used the Constitution as its basis for judgment.

A court that uses political and corporate expediency in place of Constitutional Law would
reject it outrightly.

:eyes:

[Joe Chi Minh]

15. Would it not more likely depend on the judge.

What rhetoric? You presume a lot, without however making an alternative case. All Bush's behaviour is hardwired; all his actions as Potus constitute a clear pattern and can be cross-refrenced. When someone is apprehended by police for wearing an anti-Bush tee-shirt slogan, you have a problem of nascent tyranny.

[Zensea]

24. Doesn't have to stand up in court, but does in Congress

... to nit pick at your figure of speech, but I do for a reason.
The rules are different in an impeachment "trial" than in a trial in court.

[indepat]

7. Anyone voting 'puke in November isn't bothered by any of this for any one

of these crimes should be sufficient reason to vote against all 'pukes who have supported/would support these actions.

[Jcrowley]

8. K & R

n/t

[file83]

9. When do we take him to court?

:kick:

[specimenfred1984]

10. The 372 page Conyer's List

I. The Downing Street Minutes and Deception, Manipulation, Torture, Retribution and Coverups in the Iraq War

II. Unlawful Domestic Surveillance and the Decline of Civil Liberties Under the Administration of George W. Bush

http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/iraqrept2/webfullreport.htm

[NoSheep]

17. WOW. That was impressive!

[BelgianMadCow]

22. Bookmarking for this alone

[MethuenProgressive]

11. Problem is the Freepers love * for this stuff

[walldude]

13. That's because they are cowards who are willing to give up

that which they claim to hold so dear, in order to feel "secure" at Wal-Mart.

[vixengrl]

12. It is astonishing that more people do not recognize

the great harm that this administration has done to the integrity of our democracy and the reputation of this nation around the world.

[AntiFascist]

14. Get the impeachment process rolling, and get the media behind it....

I don't care what Pelosi or other compromising Democrats are saying right before an election!

[Disturbed]

16. Appeasing Fascist Criminals isn't a wise policy.

The Busholini Regime is a Fascist Criminal one and they have announced that they will intensify their War On America.

[AntiFascist]

20. Exactly, compromising with total corruption will make one's self corrupt nt

[Tiggeroshii]

18. I think this guy MC'd the rally the other day in LA

If I'm not mistaken...

[civildisoBDence]

19. Geneva Conventions, Bill of Rights, Magna Carta...

at least DUUUHbya isn't violating anything IMPORTANT or LASTING.

Newsprism

[BillORightsMan]

21. The Impeachment Moment - Are we there yet?

This is a long but worthwile read, where the author boils down many many impeachment "lists", covering topics of interest, like

1. Impeachment for What?
2. What Would It Take for Impeachment to Happen?

At TomDispatch.com

Tomgram: David Swanson, The Impeachment Moment

intro

If you've been around long enough, you've lived through moments -- there were a couple of striking ones in the Vietnam era -- when all the collective, practical wisdom of pundits and policy makers about what is possible in this world seems to fall away and suddenly the previously inconceivable enters the mainstream. The next thing you know, it's a commonplace and everybody is proudly ready to take credit for making it so. That was the case when it came to the issue of the impeachment of Richard Nixon back in 1973. Will it, in the near future, be true again when it comes to George W. Bush (and Dick Cheney)?

In the last years, impeachment has been the all-American solution that could not speak its name in the vicinity of Washington DC or anywhere in the mainstream media, even as support for it grew among Americans generally. But we may be at the edge of a new moment, judging by the ever-unfolding Mark Foley affair, the ensuing turmoil in the Republican Party, the muffling of the presidential voice, the latest polls, and even a threatened reversal in oil prices. So it seems the perfect moment at Tomdispatch for David Swanson, who last wrote about "trophy photos" in Iraq, but has put his prodigious energies into the issue of impeachment, to take up the subject. Tom

Impeachment Anyone?
The Case for Taking the Tape Off Our Mouths
By David Swanson

Never before has the system of government established by the U.S. Constitution been as seriously threatened; never before has the built-in remedy for the sort of threat we face been as badly needed; never before have we had as good an opportunity to use that remedy exactly as it was intended. ...

Plenty to read at the link...

:patriot:

[me b zola]

23. k&r

[Swamp Rat]

25. k&r

[stepnw1f]

26. Fucking Disgusting But True

Sorry forefathers....

[C_U_L8R]

27. Hello Paraguay !!!

Hope you like Bush

[lovuian]

28. I'm glad the lawyers see they maybe out of a job soon if

bush Cheney & Congress have their way

these rights are basic rights of habeas corpus
The right of a trial by peers

Bush has taken the fundamental right away from Americans and The Congress helped him

They should be tried too

[MAX 1]

29. BOMBSHELLS EXPOSE BUSH

BOMBSHELLS EXPOSE BUSH Pt. I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hZf6SsdUi4
BOMBSHELLS EXPOSE BUSH Pt. II http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSnLsl9h6vI

Blood money...
Our soldiers have died to perpetuate the need to decimate other nations so as to "secure" the oil fields.
Our soldiers have died in the perpetuation of a bigger lie. One that says money is far more important.
Our soldiers have died in a perpetual war against a commonly used tactic in war, used to incite FEAR.
Our soldiers have died in the air of pretense that what is being done, is being done out of necessity.

[Tellurian]

30. Keepit Rolling!

:dem:

[guyton]

31. mechanics?

So what's the procedure for making them accountable for war their war crimes? Or have they sufficiently covered their rears that there is no way it'll ever happen?

I mean to ask, after they've been impeached of course.

[Dinger]

32. K & R!

[Vidar]

33. K&R.

[Chimichurri]

34. wow.

[enough]

35. k&r

[Land Shark]

36. regarding #6 the "indictment" is much weaker than the actual facts

INDICTMENT SAYS:

6) Bush pushed the Military Commissions Act through Congress that unconstitutionally destroys habeas corpus rights for non-US citizens and waters down our obligations under the Geneva Conventions. It also allows Bush to classify both US and non-US citizens as "unlawful enemy combatants" and lock them up indefinitely.


ACTUAL FACTS: It damages or destroys habeas rights not only for US citizens but for all. It does more than "water down" the Geneva Conventions, it puts compliance with those conventions purely in the hands of the administration with a stated goal or belief that they are not bound by them in the "war on terror" because of the presence of no "lawful combatants"